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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A To Z Challenge: Terminator 2 "It's over, Good bye"

For
my first A to Z Challenge ever, I'm highlighting a favorite track from
various science fiction and fantasy movies, games, and TV shows. Feel
free to press play and listen while you visit other A to Z participants.

What I consider to be the best film by James Cameron to date (sorry, Avatar), Terminator 2: Judgement Day is the perfect example of what a real sequel should be ... Outdo the original in every single way. In fact, it outdid the original so well, the others that followed haven't come close. The metallic score by Brad Fiedel rocks. Hasta la vista, baby!

The Terminator movies are epic, and man, number 2 is beyond that. My brothers were obsessed with them, and I'll admit, I fell pretty hard too. I wasn't such a fan of liquid metal Terminator in #3, but I loved the twist they took in #4.

Because I have boys and a hubby, they wrangled me into watching all of the Terminator movies. Now that I think about it, I only get to watch these types of movies. Maybe I should make them watch a chick flick:)

I was only a child when I saw that movie for the first time. The children on the playground that melt from the nuclear explosion traumatized me for months. It didn't help that my dad decided that it was a good time to give me a run down on the Cold War. Thanks, Dad.

There are some parts in movies that only guys like The Terminator Arnold and The Rock can do. After all, they look the part of the comic book hero. I am a fan of the Terminator movies, though all are not created equal.

This was indeed an awesome movie and this is an awesome score! My son and I looked at your yesterday post together last night by the way, and he was indeed familiar with it and has even drawn anime characters from it--and likes the music very much!!!

This is completely random, but I used to live right outside of Sacramento while Arnold was governor, and when we took family to see the capital, we saw that Arnold kept his Conan sword in his office. Just in case you ever wondered :)

I love both the original Terminator and T2. The second definitely outdid the first in every aspect, and I recall the special effects of the T-1000 being a huge deal back then. I'm glad my dad didn't mind taking me to movies with such action (violence) and adult content when I was young! Glad to have seen this on the big screen.

Never picked up the soundtracks for either, though.

Haven't seen anything beyond T3 either. I was excited about Salvation (I think it was?), but then just never saw it.

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